Conrad carlson



(No Model.)

0. OARLSON.

HOD.

Patented Dec. 20, 1 887.

INVENTOR BY Q7731 ATTORNEY UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD OARLSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 375,120, dated December 20, 1887.

Application filed February 17, 1887. Serial No. 228.002. (No modeLl To aZZ whom it may concern:

I 3e it known that I, CONRAD CARLSON, a citizen ofSweden, and a resident of Brooklyn,

. in the county of Kings and State of New York,

have invented anew and useful Improvement in Hods, of which the following is a specificaion.

' My invention relates to hods such as are used for carrying bricks and mortar when erecting buildings, a number of such hods being placed upon a frame hoisted by machinery, so as to bring the materials to the upper floors as the building proceeds. In placing the hods upon the said frame the lower end of the handle of the hod is placed in a socket upon the frame, while the box or receptacle proper rests upon the upper cross-bar of the frame. The ends of the handles wear rapidly by use, so that the handles become too short, and then, in hods as ordinarily constructed, have to be replaced by new ones. Moreover, the handle often breaks at its fastening-joint to the receptacle, and the latter also becomes leaky notonly in the joints, but through nail-holes, thereby causing the water to run out from the mortar and spoiling the consistency of the same.

The object of my present invention is to provide a light and strongdevice for fastening the handle to the box or receptacle, keep the latter from lateral displacement, obviate the use of nails and consequent nail-holes, facilitate the tightening of the bottom joint of the receptacle, and allow of adjusting the length of the handle and of fastening the same without the use of nails.

The invention will be hereinafter fully de scribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of a hod according to my present invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, taken on the line 00 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side viewof the re ceptacle detached from the handle. Fig. 4 is a crosssection taken on the line 3/ g of Fig. 2, drawn to a larger scale than in the said figure. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view showing, on a larger scale than in Fig. 2, the mode of tightening the shanks upon the handle. Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5, showing a modification, but without the handle.

A is the ordinary V-shaped box or receptacle proper, with its lower joint at a, and having at its upper edge notches a to receive the upper ends of the holder-prongs, as will be presently described.

0 is the handle, preferably round, as usual. The box Ais secured to the handle 0 by a bracket or holder having .a hollow shank, B, toreceive the handle, and at the upper end of of the box A, so as to snugly receive between them the said box, as in Fig, 2. The upper ends, 6, of the prongs c are bent around the upper edge of the box A in the notches a, thus preventing lateral displacement of the box.

The hollow shank B is made in two semicylindrical parts, I) 1), between which the upper end of the handle 0 is inserted. These are fastened together and clamped to the box A and to the handle by a bolt, f, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) which passes through them below the the box and above the handle. Should the box leak at a, (as is often the case when the water shrinks it,) it is only necessary to tighten up the boltf to tightly close the joint. The shank B is tapering or wedge-shaped at i its lower end, as shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 6,and its two halves b are clamped upon the handle by a wedge-shaped-or conicnl ring, F',which is driven upon the tapering end of the shank in the direction of the arrow, Figs. 2 and 5; or the tapered portion may be provided with threads and the conical ring F with corresponding threads, as in Fig. 6, so as to tighten the parts b I) together by screwing the ring on the shank insteadof driving it up by a hammer.

The holder, as described,-is made of metal,

7 preferably malleable iron, and the two prongs c c of each fork are provided with strengtheningwebs d, so that they can be made light and each other on the side of the box in the manner shown in Fig. 1, so as to leave sufficient room between them for the hod-carriers head in order that when carrying the hod on his shoulder his head will come in contact with the smooth side of the box and not with the fork-prongs c. 7

It is evident that by the bolt f and the fork ends 0, lodged in the notches a of the box A,

the said shank laterally-projecting forks c c c. c, which diverge at the same angle as the sides strong, and they are formed to diverge from LIA the said box is held firm and tight and prevented from lateral displacement without the use of any nails or screws to make holes and cause leakage; and when the lower end of the handle 0 has been worn so as to require slightlengthening, this is done by temporarily loosening the nutof the boltf a little, and also loosening the wedged collar F, then pulling the handle down or outward in the socket to get the required length, and again tightening the said bolt, nut, and collar. It will also be seen that by this construction the handle itself is not weakened by any screws or nail-holes, but that it is simply held by friction; also, that the handle is of uniform thickness, and consequently much stronger than it would be if its upper end were tapered, as heretofore.

H is the ordinary saddle or smooth bar which is attached underneath the bottom of the box 1? to support the hod on the carriers shoul- 1 er.

In order to avoid all holes or fastenings by which nail-holes would be produced through the sides of the box, I attach the saddle H in the following manner: In the upper end of the shank B, below the hopper-bottom and above the boltf, I leave an opening, 112, (see Fig. 2,) in which opening I insert and thus hold the inner-end, h, of the saddle H. The upper surface of the saddle H is curved so as to conform to the shape of the hopper-bottom. The outer end, h, of the saddle H is secured by a metal band, I, the two ends of which are riveted together, and then from the end of the hopper pass over the ordinary end board, K, and the said end h of the saddle simultaneously, after which the band is tightened by a bolt, lr,which passes through theband and the said end board, K, simultaneously, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In order to prevent lateral displacement of the band, it is made a little wider than the thickness of the board K, (which latter is about five-eighths of an inch thick,) and then the edges of the band are bent down over the edges of the board, as shown at t in Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a hod-box and its handle, of a holder having a hollow shank to receive the said handle, and prongs or arms projecting from the shank to-embrace the said box.

2. The combination, with ahod-box and its handle, of a holder having a hollow shank made in two parts, I) b, to receive and clamp the said handle, each of the said parts b having prongs c, holding one of two opposite sides of the said box.

3. The combination, with a bod-box and its handle, of a holder having a hollow shank made in two parts, I) b, to receive and clamp the said handle, each of the said parts I) having prongs o, holding one of two opposite sides of the said box, and a conical or wedge-shaped tightening-ring, F, the lower end of the said shank being wedge-shaped or conical to receive the said ring.

.4. In combination with a hod-box and its handle, the holder having forks c c c c, embracing two opposite sides of the box, and a hollow shank, B, made in two halves, b b, a bolt,f, passing through and connecting the said parts I) b beneath the said box and above the said handle, and a conical or wedge-shaped tightening-ring, F, the lower end of the said shank being wedge-shaped or conical to re ceive the said ring.

5. In combination, with a hod-box and its handle, a holder having a hollow shank to receive the said handle, and two pairs of prongs or arms projecting from the shank, one pair at each side of the box to embrace the said box, the members of each pair diverging from the said shank and each other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, witha hod-box having in its handle-holder immediately underneath the said box a notch or opening, m, of the saddle H, entering with its inner end, It, the said notch or opening, and a band, I, embracingthe outer end, h, of the said saddle and also the end K of the box, the said band being secured by a bolt, 75, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

7. The combination, with ahod-box having in its handle-holder immediately underneath the said box a notch or opening, m, of the saddle H, entering with its inner end, it, the said notch or opening, and a band, I, embracing the outer end, h, of the said saddle and also the end K of the box, the said band being secured by a bolt, is, and the edges of the said band I being turned over the edges of the said board K to prevent lateral displacement, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

' In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of February, 1887.

CONRAD GARLSON.

Witnesses:

A. W. ALMQVIST, T. M. CROSSMAN. 

